Classroom Resources | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonA Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry
Children find favorite words, phrases, and sentences from familiar stories. Working together, they combine their words and phrases to create a poem. The poem is then shared as performance poetry.

Classroom Resources | Grades 11 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonA Blast from the Past with Nuclear Chemistry
After researching the history and basic facts of a nuclear chemistry topic, students utilize the Web 2.0 tool Timetoast to create an electronic timeline that they use to present their research to the class.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonA Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books
Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.

Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Recurring LessonActive Reading through Self-Assessment: The Student-Made Quiz
This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They choose important quotations from the text and work in groups to formulate “quiz” questions that their peers will answer.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & ProjectA Dragon's Fire: From A to Z
Children read about a very special dragon who breathes lots of things—none of them fire. Using the Alphabet Organizer, they identify the objects by their first letter.